9/9/09

This week

Went to UAB (university of alabama birmingham) to see a world-renown nueromuscular specialist. In spite of his lacking bedside manner, the man is a genius and in 4 short hours, managed to accomplish something no one else has done in 11 weeks: gave me a diagnosis.

He doesn't know what caused it, but I have DYSAUTONOMIA. crap. wants to push an extremely radical treatment with high dosage of prednisone and gammaglobulins. Scared Senseless.

I have been seeing an osteopath independently of my numerous MDs and he's been treating me through a branch of chiropractics called orthospinology (deals with CNS).

This scripture has been on my mind today. D&C 123:17: "Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed."

I have decided to put God's promise to the test. Instead of just jumping blindly into a harsh treatment that may be as detrimental to my body or worse than what I'm already living with, I'm gonna push all my options:

  • continue having these chiropractic adjustments--they seem to help a little
  • 10 day osteopathic parasitic all-body cleanse
  • have my stake pres (head/facial surgeon) wipe out the supposedly benign tumor in my sinuses
  • gonna see the best people I can to be tested for foreign parasites (probably in Boston)
Then, if I'm still not better, I'm gonna pray hard and jump whole-heartedly into the steroid treatment having faith that that will fix whatever it is. But I feel very strongly that if I just jump into this treatment without having tried every other possible option, I will always wonder if I did something foolish and put my body through hell unduly.

Prayers would be appreciated.

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